Inauguration funding - who is giving to the coronation?

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Donors to or the costs to the DC area that will not be covered by the inauguration committee.



From http://www.inaugural05.com/

Sorted by descending $, donor.

A.G. Spanos Stockton CA $250,000
ACS State & Local Solutions, Inc. Washington DC $250,000
Alagem Capital Group, LLC Beverly Hills CA $250,000
Altria Corporate Services, Inc. New York NY $250,000
American Financial Cincinnati OH $250,000
Ameriquest Capital Corporation Orange CA $250,000
Argent Mortgage Company Orange CA $250,000
AT&T Washington DC $250,000
Bank of America Corporation Charlotte NC $250,000
Boone Pickens Dallas TX $250,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Washington DC $250,000
Burlington Norhtern & Sanata Fe Corp. Topeka KS $250,000
Carl H. Lindner Cincinnati OH $250,000
CheveronTexaco Concord CA $250,000
Cinergy Corporation Cincinnati OH $250,000
Corporate Capital, LLC New Orleans LA $250,000
Dr. Miriam Ochshorn Adelson Las Vegas NV $250,000
Elliott Broidy Los Angeles CA $250,000
Exxon Mobil Corporation Washington DC $250,000
FedEx Corporation Memphis TN $250,000
First Data Corporation Greenwood Village CO $250,000
Ford Motor Company Dearborn MI $250,000
Golden Eagle Industries, Inc. Charlotte NC $250,000
Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Dallas TX $250,000
Kojaian Ventures, LLC Bloomfield Hill MI $250,000
Long Beach Acceptance Corp. Paramus NJ $250,000
Marriott International, Inc. Washington DC $250,000
Marriott Vacation Club International Washington DC $250,000
Nancy and Rich Kinder Houston TX $250,000
National Association of Home Builders Washington DC $250,000
Nelson Peltz New York NY $250,000
New Energy Corp. South Bend IN $250,000
Occidental Petroleum Corporation Los Angeles CA $250,000
Pfizer, Inc. New York NY $250,000
Rooney Holdings, Inc. Tulsa OK $250,000
S. Davis Phillips High Point NC $250,000
Sallie Mae, Inc. Reston VA $250,000
Sheldon G. Adelson Las Vegas NV $250,000
Southern Company Atlanta GA $250,000
Stephens Group, Inc. Little Rock AR $250,000
Strongbow Technologies, Corp. Burtonsville MD $250,000
Susan and Michael Dell Austin TX $250,000
The Home Depot Washington DC $250,000
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC Chevy Chase MD $250,000
The Timken Company Canton OH $250,000
Time Warner New York NY $250,000
Town and Country Credit Irvine CA $250,000
United Parcel Service Roswell GA $250,000
United Technologies Hartford CT $250,000
UST Inc. Greenwich CT $250,000
Wachovia Corporation Jacksonville FL $250,000
Washington Television Center Washington DC $250,000
Thomas F. Stephenson Atherton CA $225,000
Blank Rome, LLP Philadelphia PA $200,000
AFLAC, Incorporated Columbus GA $150,000
Marc S. Goldman Hoboken NJ $150,000
Terry & Jane Semel Beverly Hills CA $125,000
A. J. Scribante Omaha NE $100,000
AFLAC, Incorporated Columbus GA $100,000
Al Hoffman, Jr. Fort Myers FL $100,000
Alan B. Fabian Cockeysville MD $100,000
Alexander F. Treadwell Westport NY $100,000
Amgen, Inc. Thousand Oaks CA $100,000
Andrew C. Taylor St. Louis MO $100,000
Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. Washington DC $100,000
Bensco, Inc. Metairie LA $100,000
Benson Football Metaire LA $100,000
Benson Mineral Group, Inc. Denver CO $100,000
BlueCross BlueShield of Florida, Inc. Jacksonville FL $100,000
Bradford M. Freeman Los Angeles CA $100,000
C. Edward McVaney Greenwood Village CO $100,000
California Farm Bureau Federation Sacramento CA $100,000
Century Homebuilders, LLC Miami FL $100,000
Charles D. Miller Pasadena CA $100,000
Cherie and Robin Arkley Eureka CA $100,000
Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose CA $100,000
Clearwire Corporation Kirkland WA $100,000
Computer Associates International, Inc. Islandia NY $100,000
Cove Partners, LLC Santa Monica CA $100,000
Donald J. Carty Dallas TX $100,000
Duane Acklie Lincoln NE $100,000
Dwight C. Schar McLean VA $100,000
EDS Plano TX $100,000
Entrepreneurial Capital Corporation Newport Beach CA $100,000
Fairfax Reality, Inc. Salt Lake City UT $100,000
Frank Baxter Los Angeles CA $100,000
GMAC Horsham PA $100,000
H. Edward Baher Bluffton SC $100,000
Hunter Engineering Company Bridgeton MO $100,000
Ilene L. Flaum and David M. Flaum Rochester NY $100,000
Independent Community Bankers of America Washington DC $100,000
International Paper Memphis TN $100,000
Intervest Construction, Inc. Daytona Beach FL $100,000
J. Ronald Terwilliger Key Largo FL $100,000
Jack Overstreet Englewood CO $100,000
Jerome V. Ansel Boca Raton FL $100,000
John L. Kemmerer, III Morristown NJ $100,000
John W. Childs Boston MA $100,000
JPMorgan Chase Houston TX $100,000
KB Home Los Angeles CA $100,000
Lawrence Auriana Greenwich CT $100,000
Leach Capital, LLC San Francisco CA $100,000
Linger Longer Development Co. Greensboro GA $100,000
Lockheed Martin Corporation Arlington VA $100,000
Marc S. Goldman Hoboken NJ $100,000
Marna D. Schnabel Los Angeles CA $100,000
Matthew R. Simmons Houston TX $100,000
Max M. Fisher Detroit MI $100,000
Microsoft Corporation Redmond WA $100,000
Morgan Stanley Jersey City NJ $100,000
Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Dallas TX $100,000
Ned L. Siegel Boca Raton FL $100,000
New Century Mortgage Corporation Irvine CA $100,000
Northrop Grumman Los Angeles CA $100,000
Nuclear Energy Institute Washington DC $100,000
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball New York NY $100,000
Oracle Corporation Rocklin CA $100,000
Peabody Holding Company, Inc. St. Louis MO $100,000
Pepsi-Cola Company Purchase NY $100,000
Phil Wendel Charlottesville VA $100,000
Qualcomm Incorporated San Diego CA $100,000
R. T. Farmer Cincinnati OH $100,000
Richard Warren Lake Forest CA $100,000
Rick J. Caruso Los Angeles CA $100,000
Robert C. Rhein Interests, Inc. Cincinnati OH $100,000
Robert Day Los Angeles CA $100,000
Robert Frank Pence McLean VA $100,000
Robert W. Johnson, IV New York NY $100,000
Sam & Marilyn Fox St. Louis MO $100,000
SBC Communications, Inc. Washington DC $100,000
Stephen A. Schwarzman New York NY $100,000
TC Management Partners IV, LLC Washington DC $100,000
The Boeing Company Arlington VA $100,000
The Coca Cola Company Washington DC $100,000
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. New York NY $100,000
The Limited Service Corporation Columbus OH $100,000
The Shaw Group, Inc. Baton Rouge LA $100,000
The Washington Post Washington DC $100,000
Thien H. Nguyen Redington Beach FL $100,000
Thomas F. Petway, III Jacksonville FL $100,000
Titus Electrical Contracting, Inc. Austin TX $100,000
TRT Holdings Inc. Irving TX $100,000
Tyson Springdale AR $100,000
Union Pacific Corporation Washington DC $100,000
Valhi, Inc. Dallas TX $100,000
Vernon G. Buchanan Sarasota FL $100,000
Waste Management Service Center Houston TX $100,000
Well Care Health Plans, Inc. Tampa FL $100,000
William Earl Riggs Pleasantton CA $100,000
William O. DeWitt, Jr. Cincinnati OH $100,000
American Health Care Association Washington DC $50,000
Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Fort Smith AR $50,000
Burton J. McMurtry Portola Valley CA $50,000
Credit Union National Association Madison WI $50,000
David Girard-diCarlo Washington DC $50,000
E-Team Communications Austin TX $50,000
George Richmond Earth City MO $50,000
James A. Haslam, II Knoxville TN $50,000
LMD Properties, LLC High Point NC $50,000
National Association of Realtors Chicago IL $50,000
Nicholas Taubman Roanoke VA $50,000
Pilot Corporation Knoxville TN $50,000
Tom Benson Metairie LA $50,000
Williams & Jensen, PC Washington DC $50,000
International Traders, INC Nashville NC $30,000
John Elliot Associates Charleston WV $30,000
American Bankers Association Washington DC $25,000
American Chemistry Council Arlington VA $25,000
Barbour, Griffith & Rogers, LLC Washington DC $25,000
Bill G. Hartley Tyler TX $25,000
Bob Tuttle Beverly Hills CA $25,000
Broadcast Music, Inc. Nashville TN $25,000
Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Coral Gables FL $25,000
Cove Partners, LLC Santa Monica CA $25,000
CSC Federal Sector Headquarters Falls Church VA $25,000
Direct Supply, Inc. Milwaukee WI $25,000
Edison Electric Institute Washington DC $25,000
Edison Electric Institute Washington DC $25,000
Frederick R. Meyer Dallas TX $25,000
Horizon Bay Management, LLC Tampa FL $25,000
Hratch Kaprielian New York NY $25,000
HSBC USA Inc. Mt. Prospect IL $25,000
JM Family Enterprises, Inc. Deerfield Beach FL $25,000
Kenneth J. Kies McLean VA $25,000
Lawrence Lacerte Dallas TX $25,000
Lydian Asset Management $25,000
Marathon Oil Corporation Houston TX $25,000
MCI Ashburn VA $25,000
Michael W. Murphy El Dorado AR $25,000
New Breed Corporate Services, Inc. Greensboro NC $25,000
New Breed Corporation Greensboro NC $25,000
Perennial Strategy Group, LLC Washington DC $25,000
Piper Rudnick Washington DC $25,000
PricewaterhouseCoopers Tampa FL $25,000
Retzer Resources, Inc. Greenville MS $25,000
ServiceMaster Memphis TN $25,000
Stanley P. Whitcomb, Jr. Bonita Springs FL $25,000
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. New York NY $25,000
Washington Group International Boise ID $25,000
Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Fort Smith AR $20,000
total $24,755,000

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1. Postal Service features inaugural collection

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=2807415

WASHINGTON The U-S Postal Service is marking President Bush's second inauguration with the release of special keepsakes.

The commemorative collection includes an envelope with a January 20th postmark featuring photos of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The design is reminiscent of presidential campaign postcards from the early 1900s.

The collection also includes a booklet entitled "Old Glory," featuring nearly 100 photos and 20 stamps depicting five historic and folk art images from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The collection will be on sale at post offices for just under 12 dollars, and can also be ordered by telephone or from the U-S Postal Service website at www-dot-usps-dot-com.

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Nothing on the website yet, - http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/searchLogic.jsp
but I'm sure it will be as tacky as a dount-stuffed factory turkey.

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2. Post office offering Bush memorabilia

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/printer/ap.asp?category=1151&slug=Inauguration%20Postal

Thursday, January 13, 2005 · Last updated 10:02 a.m. PT

Post office offering Bush memorabilia

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- The post office is doing some flag-waving for President Bush's second inauguration.

The agency is offering a special inaugural keepsake commemorative, featuring an envelope bearing photos of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The envelope, designed to look like a presidential campaign postcard from the early 1900s, will carry a Jan. 20 postmark.

The keepsakes will be on sale Jan. 20 in Washington, Crawford, Texas and many large post offices across the country, or it can be ordered by calling 1-800-STAMP24 or at www.usps.com/shop.

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3. Tax payer security costs estimated at additional 100 million dollars.

CNN now estimates that the bill for tax payers will probably be around one million dollars for extra security costs. We are the biggest donors by far and will receive no representation.

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6. but taxpayers do not get special access...so they don't count

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4. Bush dismisses suggestions that price tag too high

http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=101770

Presidential inauguration: To some, enough is enough

By WILL LESTER
Associated Press Writer
01/16/2005

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's second inauguration will cost tens of millions of dollars -- $40 million alone in private donations for the balls, parade and other invitation-only parties. With that kind of money, what could you buy? Two hundred armored Humvees with the best armor for troops in Iraq. Vaccinations and preventive health
care for 22 million children in regions devastated by the tsunami. A down payment on the nation's deficit, which hit a record-breaking $412 billion last year. Two years' salary for the Mets' new center fielder Carlos Beltran, or all of pitcher Randy Johnson's contract extension with the New York Yankees.

A big inauguration and its accompanying costs were considered a given, a historic ceremony with all the pomp, pageantry and celebrations that the nation had come to expect every four years.

But a recent confluence of events -- the tsunami natural disaster, Bush's warning about Social Security finances and the $5 billion-a-month price tag for the war in Iraq -- have many Americans now wondering why spend the money the second time around.

While the Presidential Inaugural Committee hopes to raise $40 million in private donations for the balls, parades and candlelight dinners for high-roller donors, millions of government dollars will be spent on construction of the platform and stands at the Capitol, police overtime, military personnel and the tightest security for the first post-Sept. 11 inaugural.

The questions have come from Bush supporters and opponents: Do we need to spend this money on what seems so extravagant?

Anthony Weiner, a Democrat, suggested inaugural parties should be scaled back, citing as a precedent Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration during World War II.

"President Roosevelt held his 1945 inaugural at the White House, making a short speech and serving guests cold chicken salad and plain pound cake," according to a letter from Weiner and Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash. "During World War I, President Wilson did not have any parties at his 1917 inaugural, saying that such festivities would be undignified."

Lawmakers representing the Washington area have complained to the White House about the District of Columbia not getting enough federal help to cover the city's portion of the inaugural security costs, estimated at $17.3 million.

The president dismissed suggestions that the price tag for the inaugural is too high.

"The inauguration is a great festival of democracy," he said Thursday during a round-table discussion with reporters from 14 newspapers. "People are going to come from all over the country who are celebrating democracy and celebrating my victory, and I'm glad to celebrate with them."

Organizers of the inaugural also defended the celebration. Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Presidential Inaugural Committee, noted this year's theme of celebrating freedom and honoring service. She cited the Commander in Chief inaugural ball that offers free tickets to service members back from Afghanistan and Iraq and their family members. That ball is one of nine; the other eight require a ticket.

Billionaire Mark Cuban, owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, voted for Bush -- twice. Cuban knows a thing or two about big spending, once starring in ABC's reality TV show, "The Benefactor," in which 16 contenders tried to pass his test for success and win $1 million.

Cuban questioned spending all that money on the inaugural.

"As a country, we face huge deficits. We face a declining economy. We have service people dying. We face responsibilities to help those suffering from the ... devastation of the tsunamis," he wrote on his blog, a Web journal. Cuban challenged Bush to set an example: "Start by canceling your inauguration parties and festivities."

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Will Lester covers polling and politics for The Associated Press.

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5. How obscene... Now to calculate the paybacks n/t

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